Patreon

Patreon is a membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run a subscription content service and provide exclusive experiences to their subscribers, or “patrons.”

The Sargon of Akkad debacle

In December 2018, Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad) was the object of a widely-publicised controversy, when he was banned from Patreon. According to Patreon, the ban was for violating the site’s terms of service by using “racial and homophobic slurs to degrade another individual”. Carl had in fact called white supremacists “white n****’s” during a YouTube live stream debate. The debate was not on the Patreon platform or even on Carl’s YouTube channel.

A new platform

Soon after Carl Benjamin’s banning, Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin announced that Jordan had already been working on an alternative to Patreon for six months and that Dave and he were serious about completing this project.

Jordan Peterson announced the new platform in a video he titled “Patreon Problem & Solution”.

In the video, Dave Rubin states, “We’ve got every engineer, I mean people from Google and Facebook and Yahoo and everybody, reaching out to us…everyone’s trying to solve this problem.”

Dave has claimed that cryptocurrencies would play a significant role in the platform.

Thrive Capital is owned and founded by Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner who is Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump.

Jared Kushner has ties to Peter Thiel that he failed to disclose before taking his position in the White House.

The Kushners and Peter Thiel invest in Stripe

Thrive Capital were also investors in Stripe (one of the largest online payment processors along with Paypal) investing in their Series E round that raised $245M. Thrive were the lead investors in Stripe’s Series C round which raised $70M.

Thrive Capital are also a big investor in OpenGov, whose founder, Joe Lonsdale, is a co-founder of Palantir alongside Peter Thiel. OpenGov’s CEO, Zac Bookman, was the only chief executive of a small company among the 18 tech leaders to get a seat at the table with President Trump at a White House roundtable organised by Jared Kushner. Peter Thiel was also present at the meeting.

Eric stepped out early after Patreon removed Carl Benjamin, positioning himself (and perhaps the IDW) with a series of tweetsover the nexttwoweeks. These tweets have been used in several articles, blog posts and videos as markers for what is occurring.

At no point does he indicate his closeness to the matter through Peter Thiel’s ties to Stripe and Patreon.

What’s going on here?

Now, take another look at the title of Jordan Peterson’s video announcing he and Dave Rubin’s new platform to replace Patreon, Patreon: Problem & Solution.

Problem

Patreon moved against their own financial interests to politically target friends of the intellectual dark web, bizarrely using the term “manifest observable behaviour” (MOB rule) to explain their decisions, i.e. Jack was cucked by his owners. Information is leaked to show that payment processors are putting political pressure on the likes of Patreon—the banks have too much power!

Reaction

The intellectual dark web step into action, declaring the move a violation of free speech. They make a huge hubbub as they leave the platform, encouraging their patrons and other “creators” to follow.

Solution

Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson create a new platform that incorporates a cryptocurrency technology. As a result, blockchain and crypto technologies are brought to a mainstream audience. Investment in these technologies increases and blockchain technologies supporting AI and global surveillance see accelerated growth. Peter Thiel (a member of the Bilderberg steering committee) makes a ton more money and keeps his Bilderberg colleagues satiated, as they focus on the key topics, “Artificial intelligence” and “The Trans-Atlantic defence alliance: bullets, bytes and bucks”.